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  LYCjENIDZE 
  (aPRICAN). 
  LARINOPODA. 
  

  

  X.— 
  LAEINOPODA 
  SYLPHIDA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Larinopoda 
  Sijlphida, 
  Staudinger, 
  " 
  Iris," 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  217 
  (1892). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  Ij 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Ialc. 
  Upperside 
  of 
  a 
  semi-trauspareut 
  iridescent 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  the 
  costa 
  ahove 
  the 
  cell 
  with 
  an 
  ashy 
  border 
  of 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  width, 
  

   which 
  curves 
  round 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  a 
  similar 
  border. 
  The 
  h-inges, 
  and 
  the 
  costal 
  nervure 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   wings, 
  blackish. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Underside 
  similar, 
  but 
  more 
  iridescent. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  antennae 
  

   ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  most 
  distinctly 
  beneath, 
  abdomen 
  white, 
  legs 
  ochreous- 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  (Victoria). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  L. 
  MuJiafa, 
  Dew. 
  (antea, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  Afr. 
  Lye, 
  p. 
  5, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  f. 
  1-4), 
  and 
  L. 
  Sylpha 
  and 
  

   L. 
  Opaca, 
  Kirb. 
  (vol. 
  i. 
  fi. 
  65, 
  pi. 
  16, 
  f. 
  1-4), 
  but 
  differs 
  fi-orn 
  the 
  tvro 
  first 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  

   absence 
  of 
  a 
  costal 
  blotch, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  by 
  its 
  semi-hyaline 
  wings 
  and 
  narrower 
  borders. 
  

  

  XI.— 
  LAEINOPODA 
  LYBIA. 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Larinopoda 
  Lijhia, 
  Staudinger, 
  " 
  Iris," 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  217 
  (1892), 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  white, 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  

   very 
  broadly 
  bordered 
  with 
  black, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  male.' 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  submarginal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  border 
  

   narrower, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  nearly 
  connected 
  but 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  

   whitish 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  dark 
  

   border 
  continued 
  round 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  

   separated 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  from 
  the 
  blacker 
  fringes 
  by 
  a 
  band 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  but 
  becoming 
  greyer 
  and 
  narrower 
  from 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  oval 
  black 
  spot 
  covering 
  the 
  

   upper 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Body 
  and 
  legs 
  mostly 
  black, 
  abdomen 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath, 
  

   tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  ochreous-yellow. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gaboon 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  differing 
  from 
  all 
  others, 
  except 
  L. 
  Campimus, 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  bordered 
  with 
  black 
  beneath. 
  

  

  